Title: Transit of Venus, 1882, Decr. 6 to accompany the paper by Staff-Commander J. E. Davis, R.N.
- Image data
- 1869
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)
Dates
- Coverage: 1869
Publishers
- London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869.
Summary
Diagrams show apparent motions of sun and Venus with respect to locations in Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, southeastern Australia, and southern Africa. Elevation of the sun shown along vertical axes. Factors of parallax plotted on diagrams in concentric circles. Longitude shown in hours east. Locations of suggested stations for astronomical observation along Antarctic coast are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 91-5; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.39 1869.
Subjects
- Southern Hemisphere
- Antarctic Ocean; Antarctica
- Transit of Venus—1882
- Astronomical geography
- Astronomical unit—Measurement—History
- Venus (Planet)—Transit—1882
- Venus (Planet)—Observations
- Southern Hemisphere—Maps
- Antarctica—Maps
- Thematic maps
- Other
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (20.0, 180.0, -20.0, -90.0)
- Geometry: BBOX (20.0, 180.0, -20.0, -90.0)
Provider
Princeton
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892. Transit of Venus, 1882, Decr. 6 to accompany the paper by Staff-Commander J. E. Davis, R.N.. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-rj4307069
Format
TIFF
Languages
- eng